Method of canning meats



Patented June 14, 1927'. 3 p

UNITE!) sitar-Es Patent FFICE.

N Drawing. Application filed June 17, 1926. Serial No. 116,745.

This invention relates to a method of can can is used up by the continued cooking ning meat and especially fried or roasted leaving only the nitrogen, an inert gas, turkey, chicken, goose, duck, fish, etc, and which cannot injure the food. it is an object of the invention to provide a l 'cla-im:- i

5 method of this kind wherein the meat is l. A method of canning meat consisting'in initially slightly searedQand then loosely initially searing the meat and packing it packed and sealed in a can and treated in a loosely in cans, sealing the cans and then manner whereby the air Within the-can will placing them in a retort for a period of time operate to further continue the desired roastnecessary to complete the cooking action of 1 ing or trying action. the meat Within the cans.

In my improved method, I first slightly 2. A method of canning meat consisting sea'r by trying or roasting the meat to be in initially searing the meat and packing it preserved and then pack it loosely in cans.- loosely in cans, sealing the cans and then After the cans have been sealed they are placing them in retort for a period of time 15 placed in a retort for a length of time necesnecessary to complete the cooking action of sary to have the food completely cooked; the meat Within the cans, and in filling thc The retort is maintained filled With. live retort With steam to prevent bursting of the i steam whereby is eliminated the cans burstcans when heated. 40 ing when heated. v In testimony whereo1 I hereunto aflix my 20 By packing the cans loosely enough air is signature. y 1 l left in the cans to continue the already start i a 1 ed cooking. The oxygen of the air in the CARL A. SAHLBERG. 

